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Cedra Mayfield is a litigation reporter with the Daily Report, the ALM newspaper in Atlanta. She can be reached at [email protected]. Twitter: @cedramayfield
February 4, 2025 | Daily Report Online
Collaborating plaintiff counsel with Butler Kahn in Atlanta and Nicholson Revell in Augusta resolved a personal injury complaint opposite defense counsel with the Mayers Law Firm in Augusta for $1.5 million. Now the plaintiff trio is revealing to the Daily Report how counsel utilized their own reenactment of the vehicular collision, in addition to a Rule 68 Demand, to secure the seven-figure settlement after a prior policy limits demand offer expired.
By Cedra Mayfield
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February 3, 2025 | Daily Report Online
The Judicial Nominating Commission is accepting applications to fill a superior court vacancy in the Mountain Judicial Circuit that serves Banks, Habersham, Stephens and Rabun counties.
By Cedra Mayfield
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January 30, 2025 | Daily Report Online
Two weeks after Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp pledged to make tort reform a legislative priority in his State of the State address, he announced his tort reform package Thursday morning. As the Georgia legal community begins to examine the proposal, lawyers throughout the Peach State expressed mixed reactions about Kemp's legislative push to the Daily Report.
By Cedra Mayfield
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January 29, 2025 | Daily Report Online
"The classic defense strategy is to drag things out, file motions for summary judgment and try to prevent trial. Here, we did the opposite."
By Cedra Mayfield
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January 28, 2025 | Daily Report Online
On Tuesday, Supreme Court of Georgia Justice Michael P. Boggs delivered his State of the Judiciary address to the Georgia General Assembly.
Throughout the 30-minute report, Boggs announced the pending roll-out of a statewide case management system and proposal to digitally record court proceedings to circumvent ongoing court reporter staffing shortages. Boggs also shared legislative requests for enhanced safety for superior and state court judges, the elimination of partisan elections for probate and magistrate court judges, and pay raises for the state's more than 1,600 jurists statewide.
By Cedra Mayfield
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January 27, 2025 | Daily Report Online
Nearly a year after vacating an order awarding $13.7 million in fees to attorneys with the Stone Law Group in Atlanta and Blakely, Fulton County State Court Judge Fred Eady has reentered the eight-figure payout.
By Cedra Mayfield
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January 23, 2025 | Daily Report Online
The Georgia Supreme Court, Georgia Court of Appeals and multiple county courts have extended closures through Jan. 22 due to inclement weather forecast throughout the state.
By Cedra Mayfield
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January 23, 2025 | Daily Report Online
The Georgia Supreme Court has amended a court rule that impacts nonresident attorneys practicing pro hac vice, or unlicensed but approved, before the high court in Georgia.
By Cedra Mayfield
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January 22, 2025 | Daily Report Online
Bibb County State Court jurors have returned a $13.7 million medical malpractice verdict against a pair of anesthesiologists whose alleged breached standard of care contributed to the death of a patient.
By Cedra Mayfield
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January 21, 2025 | Daily Report Online
The Supreme Court of Georgia, Georgia Court of Appeals and a growing list of county courts will be closed Tuesday, Jan. 21 due to inclement weather forecast for the Atlanta area.
By Cedra Mayfield
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